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- Beech Grove, Indiana, USA
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- Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Hollywood’s ‘King of Cool’
- Steve McQueen’s Brief Battle with Cancer
- Steve McQueen’s Death
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Terrence Stephen McQueen was born on March 24, 1930, in Beech Grove, Indiana. His disinterested father, William, abandoned him within months. Then, at the age of three, his mother, Julia Ann, placed him in the care of her parents in Slater, Missouri. McQueen would remain there until she remarried in 1942. Summoned to Los Angeles, the 12-year-old Mc...
When Steve McQueen married Barbara Minty, he had already been diagnosed with terminal cancer, against which he intended to wage war in private. But on March 18, 1980, the National Enquirer robbedhim of that hope by publishing an article headlined “Steve McQueen’s Heroic Battle Against Terminal Cancer.” It spread like wildfire. McQueen made his last...
On Nov. 5, 1980, two days before Steve McQueen died, he checked intoClinica de Santa Rosa in Juarez, Mexico. He had heard of a kidney specialist there named Cesar Santos Vargas who had a knack for putting mutilated bullfighters back together. Ever stoic, he registered under the pseudonym “Samuel Sheppard” — and signed off for the operation. When Va...
Hollywood's 'King of Cool' died of a heart attack in 1980 after undergoing a risky operation in Mexico to remove his cancerous tumors. Learn about his life, career, struggles and the controversial treatment that failed to save him.
Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor who had an extensive career in film and television. [1] Popularly known as the "King of Cool", [ 2 ] McQueen's screen persona was that of portraying cool, reticent antihero roles, which appealed strongly to the masses.
Aug 23, 2024 · Steve McQueen (1930–80) was a macho, laconic American movie star of the 1960s and ’70s. Cool and stoical, his loner heroes spoke through actions and rarely with words. His best-known films included The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Sand Pebbles, Bullitt, and The Thomas Crown Affair.
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- THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963) Directed by John Sturges. Screenplay by James Clavell and W. R. Burnett, based on the novel by Paul Brickhill. Starring James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer.
- BULLITT (1968) Directed by Peter Yates. Screenplay by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleiner, based on the novel ‘Mute Witness’ by Robert L. Fish. Starring Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Simon Oakland, Robert Duvall.
- THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) Directed by John Sturges. Screenplay by William Roberts, based on ‘Seven Samurai’ by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni.
- THE GETAWAY (1972) Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Screenplay by Walter Hill, based on the novel by Jim Thompson. Starring Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, Sally Struthers.
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Learn about the life and career of Steve McQueen, the American actor nicknamed the "King of Cool" who starred in classics like The Great Escape, Bullitt, and The Magnificent Seven. Find out his awards, trivia, and archive footage appearances.
